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In the Summer House   

 
Playhouse Theatre , (12/29/1953 - 2/13/1954)
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Opening Date:Dec 29, 1953   
Closing Date:Feb 13, 1954 Total Performances:55

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Setting: Gertrude Eastman Cuevas' garden on the coast of Southern California. The Lobster Bowl. The early 1950's.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Oliver Smith and The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard); Associate Producer: Lyn Austin
Music by Paul Bowles; Written by Jane Bowles
Directed by José Quintero
Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Costume Design by Noel Taylor; Lighting Design by Peggy Clark; Miss Anderson's hair style by Eugene Orosz
Business Manager: Victor Samrock; Company Manager: Charles Strakosch
Stage Manager: Elliot Martin; Assistant Stage Mgr: Paul Bertelsen
Musical Conductor: Frank Weisberg
Production Assistant to Oliver Smith: Adrian Moore; Press Representative: Richard Maney and Frank Goodman
Cast
Judith Anderson Gertrude Eastman Cuevas
Mildred Dunnock Mrs. Constable
Logan Ramsey Lionel
Elizabeth Ross Molly
Gertrude's daughter
Muriel Berkson Vivian Constable
Paul Bertelsen Figure Bearer
Miriam Colon Frederica
Marjorie Eaton Alta Gracia
Phoebe Mackay Quintina
Don Mayo Mr. Solares
Daniel Morales Chauffeur
Isabel Morel Esperanza
Marita Reid Mrs. Lopez
George Spelvin Another Figure Bearer
Jean Stapleton Inez